Anyone who gets a knock on their front door and sees a deputy outside need not assume they are in trouble.

Lincoln Parish Sheriff Mike Stone is pleased to announce that the Sheriff’s Department will be deploying a new unit this month.

“Don’t get panicked if you see a deputy car drive up in your driveway,” Stone said.
The new unit, designated as C.A.P., an acronym for Concentrated Area Policing, is designed to better connect with the public and address the day in and day out concerns of the citizens of Lincoln Parish.

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After a two-month investigation, Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Agents and other law enforcement issued a search warrant on a business leading to the manager’s arrest for distribution of marijuana.

Tashica Domaine Dillon, 37, of 294 Tarbutton Road, No. 24, was charged with three counts of distribution of marijuana and one count possession of marijuana.

She was booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center around noon Thursday. Dillon’s bond totaled $16,500.

Holidays in CedarTown is celebrating its 25th anniversary at the Ruston Civic Center.

With a barrage of local gift shops and retailers showing off their best Christmas décor, collectibles and furnishings, CedarTown has become a holiday shopping market for the entire community.

On Thursday, the doors opened to the general public from noon to 5 p.m. and reopened at 6 p.m. for Holidays After Hours, which featured an evening of live music, door prizes and complimentary appetizers from area restaurants.

After much discussion during Tuesday’s meeting, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury voted to allow two companies’ to participate in the Enterprise Zone Program.

Monster Moto and Sunrise Hospitality VI, LLC received support from the jury for their participation in the Enterprise Zone Program, where they will be exempt from the state taxes on building material and equipment.

Juror Walter Pullen made the motion for the jury to accept the businesses participation, but said the businesses should also be exempt from the local sales tax as well.

The Domestic Abuse Resistance Team, along with volunteers from all over Lincoln Parish will gather at 10 a.m. Saturday in R.L. Cook Park to participate in the third annual “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes” event.

“For the third year, the young women of Alpha Chi Omega Beta Psi are holding this colorful, fun event and the young men of Kappa Sigma, as well as friends and family members, are walking,” said Terrie Queen Autrey, community advocate for DART. “Men will wear women’s shoes and women will wear men’s, and we will walk a mile to promote awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault.”